Obama budget slashes Great Lakes funding

6:41 PM,
Mar. 5, 2014

Written by

Donovan Slack
| Gannett Washington Bureau

President Barack Obama reined in funding for restoration of the Great Lakes in his budget released this week, spurring a backlash among environmentalists from Wisconsin and a half dozen other states.

Obama's budget proposal for fiscal 2015 slashes $25 million from the current funding level for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is currently supporting nearly 60 projects in Wisconsin aimed at controlling and monitoring pollutants and preserving and restoring fish and wildlife habitats in Lake Michigan and Superior.